Bedstead corner-bracket.



H. V. LOUGH.

\' BEDSTEAVD CORNER BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE a. 1913.

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HECTOR V. LOUG'H, F PLAINFIELD, NEW J ERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 WALTER E. LGUGH, 03'" NORTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

BEDSTEAD CORNER-BRACKET.

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siding at Plainfield, county of Union, and

State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedstead Corner-Brackets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. This invention relates to bedstead corner brackets, and its chief object is to provide an improved bracket of sheet metal, which can be manufactured at low cost and which shall possess ample strength and rigidity in use.

To this and 'other ends the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combinations of elements hereinafter described. "one form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which 3 Figure 1 is a vertical section showing the complete device as applied to the bedpost,

and side rail'of the bedstead. Fig. 2 is a parts separated: Figs. 4 and 5'areplan views showing the blanks from which the two parts of the bracket are made.

The hollow or tubular bracket part 10,

which is attached to the tubular bedpost 11,

comprises a body portion having an upper wall '12, vertical side walls 13, 14c integral with the upper wall, and a lower wall 15 integral with the two side walls. 0n the upper and lower wallsa-re two horizontal rearward extensions 16, 17 which cooperate with a key 18 of inverted lJ-shape to fasten the bracket member 10 to the post 11, as-described "and claimed in the co-pending application of Walter E. Lough and myself, Serlal No. 735,907, filed December 10, 1912. The side walls 13,14 have two integral extensions 19, 20, opposite in direction to those on the top and bottom walls by which the memher is secured to the b'edpost. These short extensions 12, .20 are off-set inwardly, as shown in- Figs. 2 and 3, andat their' outer ends carry integral vertical members 21, 22,

the tops of which. arebent' inwardly and Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

Application filed June e, 1913. Serial no. 772,502.

may, if desired, be welded together by any convepient method. Each member 21, 22 hasin its vertical portion two alined lugs 24 on 1ts outer surface, formed preferably by stamplng, as will be readily understood. The lugs on each member are inclined. as shown, the upper lugs being farther from the body of the device than the lower lugs are: In other w ords,the lugs are inclined upwardly and outwardly from the body composed of the top, bottom and side walls 12, 13, 14, 15,, One of the side walls, as the wall 14 may be provided with a lateral strap or ear-25 for attachment to the head or foot rail, not shown. In its present form the other member, 26, of the bracket,comprises a body portion having atop or upper wall 27 and side walls 28, 29, integral with and depending from the top wall. The distance between the side walls 28,29, on the inside is slightly greater than the distance between the outer. faces of the members'21, 22, and on each side wall are two inwardly projecting lugs 30, inclined in correspond ence with the lugs 24', so that when the part 26 is slipped down upon the members 21, 22, the cooperating lugs 24, 30, will crowd the forward edges 31 of the part 26 firmly against the top and side wall edges on the other part, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. If desired, the sides 28, 29 may be provided with inner fingers 32 to embrace the adjacent outer edges of the members 21, 22 when the bracket is assembled, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. Like the lugs 24, the fingers 32 and lugs 30 are preferably stamped out of the parts that carry them.

The bedstead side rail shown at 33 is an ordinary angle iron of suitable size, and the bracket member 26 is attached to it in any convenient manner, as by arranging said member on the outside of the angle iron and then riveting the two together. To make the tops of the two bracket parts come together flush, the upper ends of the members '21, 22, which as explained above are bent into contact at 23, are depressed below the upper wall 12 a distance equal to the thick ness of the metal of the upper wall or top 27 of the part 26. Q

- Both members of the bracket can be made of sheet metal by stamping and bending.

The blank in Fig. 5 is bent along the lines 40 to form the member 26, with rivet holes 51 for attachment to the side rail 33. The slits 42 provide for the lugs 30, and the tongues 43 are bent to form the fingers 32.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the construction herein specifically described, but can be embodied in other forms without departure from its proper spirit and scope as defined by the appended claims.

hat I claim is:

1. In a bedstead corner bracket, a body portion having a top or upper wall and side walls depending therefrom, means at one end of the body portion for attachment to a bedpost, inset coupling extensions extending from the side walls comprising vertical members provided with upwardly and forwardly inclined lugs on their sides; in combination with a body adapted to be secured to a bedstead side-rail and comprising a top or upper wall and side walls depending therefrom and adapted to embrace the aforesaid forward extensions, said side walls havinginclined lugs arranged to en-,

gage the lugs on the aforesaid vertical members.

2. In a bedstead corner bracket, a tubular body comprising an upper wall, side walls depending from the upper wall and integral therewith, and 'a bottom wall integral with the side walls; means at one end of the body for attaching the same to a bedpost; inset coupling extensions integral with the side walls, comprising vertical members provided with u wardly and forwardly inclined lugs on t eir sides; in combination with a body adapted to be attached to a bedstead side rail and comprising side walls integral with the upper wall, the side walls being spaced apart to seat down over the aforesaid vertical members and provided with inclined lugs to cooperate withthe lugs on said vertical members. a

3. In a bedstead corner bracket, a body comprising a top or upper wall and side walls depending therefrom, and having at one end means for attachment to a bedpost; inset coupling extensions on the side walls having vertical members provided with upper portions bent inwardly toward and into contact with each other in a plane below the said upper wall, said members being provided with upwardly and forwardly inclined lateral lugs; in combination with a body adapted to be attached to a bedstead side rail and comprising a top or upper wall and 'depending'side walls spaced apart to seat down upon the aforesaid vertical exten- 'sions, with the last-named upper wall subeLIn a bedstead corner bracket, a body comprising a top or upper wall and side walls depending therefrom; means at one end of said body for attachment to abedpost; inset vertical extensions at the other .end' of the body, provided with upwardly and forwardly inclined lateral lugs; in combination with a body adapted to be attached to a bedstead side-rail and comprisin top and side walls, the latter adapted to em race the aforesaid vertical members and provided with inclined lateral lugs to cooperate with the first-named lugs, and provided also with inwardly extending fingers to embrace the adjacent edges of the said vertical members.

In a bedstead corner bracket, a body comprising a top or upper wall and depending side walls, means at one end of the body for attachment to a bedpost, and means at the other end of the body for connection' tensions integral with the side walls, vertical inset extensions integral with said extensions and parallel to the said side walls, and inclined lugs bent outwardly from said vertical members.

6. In a bedstead corner bracket, a body comprising top and bottom walls and vertical side walls integral therewith, means at one end of the body for attachment to a bedpost, and means at the other end for connection with a bedstead side-rail; said lastnamed m ans comprising inwardly extending extensions integral with the side walls, vertical-members integral with said extensions and parallel to the said side walls and to each other and having upper portions bent toward and into contact with each other, and inclined lugs integral with said and parallel to the said side walls and hav ing upper portions bent toward each other in a plane below the top wall ofthe body, and upwardly-and forwardly inclined lugs bent outward from the vertical members.

8. In a bedstead corner bracket, a body adapted to be attachedto a bedstead siderail, and comprising a top Wall, depending side Walls integral with the top wall, inclined inwardly' extending lugs integral 1% with the side Wa11s,end fingers integral with the side walls, inside thereof and extending toward said lugs.

, HECTOR V. nonen. Witnesses M. LAWSON DYER, S. S. DURHAM. 

